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Its Power and Passion Will Touch All Our Hearts - Because We Are All the Children of Sanchez
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
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Anthony Quinn
Jesús Sánchez
Dolores del Río
Grandma Paquita
Lupita Ferrer
Consuelo Sánchez
Katy Jurado
Chata
Stathis Giallelis
Roberto Sánchez
Lucía Méndez
Martha Sánchez
Héctor Bonilla
Mario
Patricia Aspíllaga
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Patricia Reyes Spíndola
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José Carlos Ruiz
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Helena Rojo
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Rebeca Silva
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René Cardona
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Domingo Ambriz
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Enrique Lucero
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José Chávez
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Josefina Echánove
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Sergio Calderón
Alberto
Farnesio de Bernal
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Carmen Montejo
Aunt Guadalupe
Ignacio López Tarso
Ignacio
Armando Silvestre
Mr. Chaparro (uncredited)
Irán Eory
(uncredited)
Gabriel Figueroa
Director of Photography
Chuck Mangione
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Cesare Zavattini
Writer
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